Hydroelectric Production Managers
Manage operations at hydroelectric power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor hydroelectric plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.
$126,060 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 15%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 5%. Today's estimate: 7%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 18 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop or implement projects to improve efficiency, economy, or effectiveness of hydroelectric plant operations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 15% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 2.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Jan 2029 | |
| Plan or manage hydroelectric plant upgrades.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 15% | 4.2 work days1 work day to 3.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Feb 2029 | |
| Develop or implement policy evaluation procedures for hydroelectric generation activities.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 12% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Direct operations, maintenance, or repair of hydroelectric power facilities.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide technical direction in the erection or commissioning of hydroelectric equipment or supporting electrical or mechanical systems.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 10% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 4%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Develop or review budgets, annual plans, power contracts, power rates, standing operating procedures, power reviews, or engineering studies.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 1%Half by Jul 2028 | |
| Supervise hydropower plant equipment installations, upgrades, or maintenance.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Plan or coordinate hydroelectric production operations to meet customer requirements.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h50 min to 1 work day | 28%Half by Feb 2027 | |
| Supervise or monitor hydroelectric facility operations to ensure that generation or mechanical equipment conform to applicable regulations or standards.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect hydroelectric facilities, including switchyards, control houses, or relay houses, for normal operation or adherence to safety standards.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 2.1 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Monitor or inspect hydroelectric equipment, such as hydro-turbines, generators, or control systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 h38 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Maintain records of hydroelectric facility operations, maintenance, or repairs.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
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